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A proposed new law on special economic zones would create enclaves in which key workers' rights and environmental protections are absent, or go unenforced.

The first in a series of podcasts providing a snapshot of Malaysia in the aftermath of GE14.

Satirists cannot beat Duterte in his own game of telling jokes and performing in the theatre of the absurd.

The first in our series of perspectives from young writers from Mindanao on two years of Dutertismo.

The Supreme Court’s ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno was not just a case of discriminatory legalism or unconstrained democracy. It is not democratic at all.

Duterte's anti-drug and anti-loitering campaigns have weaponised a 'cleanliness' aesthetic to deadly effect.

Do political dynasties hold back The Philippines' economic development? Nicole Curato investigates this question with Assoc Prof Ronald Mendoza.

Illiberalism at home, and pro-market ideologies abroad, are putting pressure on Southeast Asian civil society organisations' financial health.

Opponents of racism in Malaysia need to understand that proponents of racial politics do believe in race—and only by understanding the appeal of racial thinking can racism be defeated.

A pillar of Indonesian civil society faces an ever more acute dilemma between representing a religious community and securing resources and influence within government.

เศรษฐกิจแพลตฟอร์มจากมุมมองของแรงงานในประเทศไทย Platforms such as Uber and Airbnb entice labourers into job insecurities that may not be perceptible in the short term.

Writing history in the Indian Ocean world was the result of a complex interplay of global norms and local conditions of textual production.